Can I use the view which has been defined for main Controller from other controller?

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Hi All,

I have instantiated a Controller within a Controller. And I have a view defined under the main Controller. Now when I try to use the view from the other controller, it gives me an error saying View not found.

Example:
public HomeController: Controller
{
}
public OtherController: Controller
{
}

View Created: User

Now when I try to use "User" via OtherController, the path turns out to be OtherController/User and it gives me an error saying View not found which is right because that View has been defined for HomeController.

So, is there any way I can access User view from Other Controller.

Any help or idea is appreciated.

Do let me know if anything is unclear.
Thanks.

Posted 12-Sep-13 9:44am

TryAndSucceed

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Jameel VM · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-12T20:37:00

Solution 1

You just have to state that view name in your return statement:

C#

public ActionResult SomeAction()
{
    // do something
    return View("SharedView", viewModel);
}

If you have a view named SharedView, all actions in that controller can access it. If you want to share it among actions that are on other controllers, you can use the Shared folder in Views or state full path with the view name.
Hope this helps

Posted 12-Sep-13 20:37pm

Jameel VM

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TryAndSucceed 16-Sep-13 12:13pm

Well, thanks for the help. But what I did was, I gave the entire path for the View and it seems to work. Since, both Controllers were defined in a single .cs file, the view was attached to the main controller and wasn't recognizing it for another controller defined inside. Thanks, anyway.